It was very enlightening about how many processes go into making one apparent simple print. Almost 40 years after the film was made it remains an insightful window into David Hockney's hedonistic lifestyle in the 1970's in London and California. It is not true that the film made a horrible transfer to DVD. If you enjoyed this also watch Bill Cunningham in New York, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2018, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2014, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2012. A Bigger Splash is an intimate and innovative film about English-born, California-based artist David Hockney and his work, honoring its subject through creative risk-taking. Boring movie, couldn't wait for it to end. This kind of cinematic background is valuable now and will prove invaluable to the archives of David Hockney. This FAQ is empty. 11 of 14 people found this review helpful. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 23, 2012. In fact, I'd say it was a labor of love for whomever processed the original prints.

Please try again. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Cegados por el Sol (titulada originalmente en inglés A Bigger Splash) es una película dramática italiana de 2015 dirigida por Luca Guadagnino y escrita por Alain Page y David Kajganich. It can't make up its mind? I can’t imagine a drearier, more self-indulgent movie.

I loved (and love) Hockney's paintings and the fact there was a mini-scandal over a gay sex scene in the movie, which got it banned in some places only made it more desirable to see it! Please try again. There is also a section of boys swimming in the pool for the famous paintings. Videodrome had dialogue and a plot, albeit psychological science fiction. In fact, I'd say it was a labor of love for whomever processed the original prints. Exhibition on Screen - David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts, War of the Worlds (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital). Whether you buy it or rent it, I think you'll get something out of it if you want to know something about David Hockney. Hockney sees the charismatic artist take director Randall Wright on an exclusive tour of his archives and into his studio, where he still paints seven days a week. A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport. Written by Almost 40 years after the film was made it remains an insightful window into David Hockney's hedonistic lifestyle in the 1970's in London and California. Unable to add item to List. If you enjoyed this also watch Bill Cunningham in New York, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2018, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2014, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2012. A documentary of a great painter during a great era of history. --Gay NewsA startler, partly in its extraordinary beauty of colour and image, partly in its homosexual frankness.

Too bad, because his pool paintings are light and wonderfully enigmatic. Directed by Randall Wright. There's a problem loading this menu right now. The System AKA The Girl-Getters [Blu-ray], Beau Travail (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray], Flash Gordon (Special Edition) [4K Ultra HD / UHD] [Blu-ray]. Too bad, because his pool paintings are light and wonderfully enigmatic. No doubt he'll still be painting till he drops rather like his artistic hero Picasso.I'm no art buff but I know what I like and while I was less keen on his earlier breakthrough works where he seemed to be pushing some sort of homosexual agenda, I enjoyed very much the work he created as he matured, rather in the same way, as I said earlier, I preferred the older to the younger man.On the whole then I enjoyed this film of an interesting, complex and very talented man but just wondered as the credits rolled if he might have made a slightly more imaginative and revealing job of it himself, as I'm sure he could have done.

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2016. The interviews with friends and associates are insightful and positive if less than critical, as I sense something cantankerous, provocative and difficult about him which seemed to get glossed over.The key relationships in his life appear to be with the young lover he lived with for years, although again we're not told why they split up, the older American critic who helped get him established in the States and anchored him throughout his life and lastly his relationship with his family, particularly his father and most especially his long-lived mother.The different phases of his artistic progress were well documented with special emphasis on his best known paintings like the portrait of Ossie Clark and his wife and of course "A Bigger Splash". The year 1975 is declared “year of the woman”. A young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 23, 2012. What is the main character of this video supposed to be evoking from the audience? A fictionalised biopic about the end of David Hockney's relationship with Peter Schlesinger which was named after Hockney's pop-art painting 'A Bigger Splash'. Best quote 'Celia won't come to New York because the women are too frumpy '. Iloved this film. If you're looking for something to put you to sleep, this is your film. '. Whether you buy it or rent it, I think you'll get something out of it if you want to know something about David Hockney. Videodrome had dialogue and a plot, albeit psychological science fiction. (1973). Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2015. He is a fine presence and carries his silent role well - almost appearing as a ghost muse that keeps Hockney focused on his now infamous swimming pool paintings.The magic of this film, for those to whom Hockney is a well known and important painter, is the visual recreation of the paintings that have made him so famous: we are allowed to see Celia and her husband with white cat in context with the canvas, the view of Peter staring into the pool at an under water swimmer, the woman and her animal heads who appears in another of Hockney's famous paintings at poolside, etc. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. There is also a section of boys swimming in the pool for the famous paintings. This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb. ... See full summary », When David Hockney's beautiful lover, Peter Schlesinger, breaks up with him, it leaves David a complete emotional wreck. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. I really enjoyed almost all of his work on display, right up to date with his work in different media, including photography and even works made up on an iPhone or iPad.Present day Hockney is interviewed intermittently throughout the piece, and a device is made of framing some of his often cryptic sayings as almost chapter headings which put me in mind of his later practice of putting together compartments of pictures to make a bigger whole, even though I tired a bit of this sometimes pretentious prop.I think I like the older, sager Hockney more than his flashier, often shocking younger self. I loved (and love) Hockney's paintings and the fact there was a mini-scandal over a gay sex scene in the movie, which got it banned in some places only made it more desirable to see it! Semi-fictionalized documentary biopic of British artist, Certificate: Not Rated Use the HTML below. Filmmaker Jack Hazan, camera rolling, follows Hockney from London to New York to Los Angeles- capturing the artist as he struggles to create what would prove to be some of his most enduring works: those featuring Hockney's model and lover, Peter Schlesinger.Straddling the boundary between documentary and fiction, A BIGGER SPLASH tells the story of Hockney's breakup with Schlesinger and its effect on Hockney, his work, and his close circle of friends. I was too young to get into a cinema to see it when released in the mid 70s, but I read everything about it I could and remember standing agape at a huge poster advertising A Bigger Splash in a London tube station. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Hockney sees the charismatic artist take director Randall Wright on an exclusive tour of his archives and into his studio, where he still paints seven days a week. Use the HTML below. This comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge. FILMACIÓN: A Bigger Splash, película completa en español, se filmó en video digital full-HD.Los discos Bluray 3D disponibles, así como los DVD del film cuentan con versiones en alta definición, junto con extras, escenas eliminadas en postproducción y comentarios de Jack Hazan (dirección).